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ATTORNEY.

UNITED S Arts Fatented September 29, 190? N l usion.

'WILLIAM F. BOSSERT, OF UTICA, NEW YORK.

I SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 739,822, dated September 29, 1903.

Application filed January 12, 1903. Serial No. 138.647. CNo model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. BOSSER'I, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain Im provements in a Combined Railway Brace and Tie-Plate, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to means employed to support railway-rails in position upon the ties on the road-bed. In straight runs of track the rails are fastened to the ties by means of belts or spikes, which,with chairs at the ends of the rails, form a suificient support; but upon curves, where the wheels of the train are forced over upon the outer'rail with great force and thrust, more protection is demanded to hold the rail firm and stable.

' My invention provides means whereby upon curves the rails are not only secured to the ties, but are provided with a strong and sufficient brace to withstand the thrust of the train when passing rapidly over the rails; and it consists of a plate passing under the rail from the inner side to the outer side, provided with slots on the inner side for the reception of bolts or spikes near the inner edge of the rail and upon the outer side returning upon the plate to the outer edge of the rail, then extending upward in an inclined direction to the rail-tread and curving over under the downward curve of said tread and coming down close to the web of the rail and over the outer foot of the same until it meets the inner face of its inclined portion at the point it commences to spring upward. Notohes are made in the outer edge of the doubled portion of the base for the reception of bolts or spikes. The combined rail-brace and tie-plate is made in one piece of rolled metal about four inches wide and is bent by machinery into the desired shape and the spike-holes and notches made by a templet, so that each piece is like all the others, all of which I will now proceed to describe, and point out in .the appended claims.

Of the drawings,which illustrate the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the combined rail-brace and tie-plate, and Fig. 2 is a section of curved railway-track to show the application of the invention.

In the drawings, a represents the outer rail of a curved railway-track O, and a. the inner rail. The latter rail is secured to the ties t t by bolts or spikes c c and chairs (not shown) in the usual manner. The outer rail aof the curve C is represented as secured to the ties t by a combined rail-brace and tie-plate embodying the invention. Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the invention attached to a rail or, the latter represented as cut oil near to the brace 19 to more fully show all the parts. To make the combined brace and tie, a piece of fiat metal, preferably steel, of suitable length and thickness and about four inches in width is bent or returned upon itself at the point 7 for a short distance, then bent upward at a point 12 in an inclined positiomwhich extends upto the under side of the rail-tread l, where itis curved over, as 9, to fit the same, and extended downward, as 10, to fit upon the outer face of the rail-web and bendin g outward continues, as 11, along the upper surface of the outer part of the rail-foot 3 to its edge and abuts at 12 against the inclined portion 8 at its springing-point. The sides 8,10, and 11 form a triangle, inclosing the outer face of the rail, and being attached to the tie-plate 4:

the latter receives all the thrust against the rail by the oar-wheels, and when the device is secured to the tie t by the spikes c 0, pass-- ing through the holes 5 5,Whose heads lap onto the inner edge of the rail-foot, the rail is completely locked to the tie-brace b. The notches 6 6 in the outer edge of the tie-brace b are for bolts or spikes o c, as represented in Fig. 2. It will be seen that one side of the triangle springs from the tie-plate and inclines to the rztil tread, the other sides conforming to the under side of the tread, the web, and the foot of the rail, andis closed upon itself andprovides a strong resisting abutment to the thrust of the car-wheels.

p I claim as my invention- 1. A combined railway brace and tie-plate consisting of a strip of iron or steel having'a plate extending under the rail from the inner to its outer side, bent to return upon'itself and inclined upward to the under side of the rail-tread and bent inward and downward to conform to the rail web and foot, andprovided with means for securing the said plate to a tie I 2. A combined railway brace and tie-plate adapted to support the outer side of a rail the plate terminating Within the angle at said outer foot.

3. A combined railway brace and tie-plate adapted to support one side of a rail and to secure the latter to a tie, one end of which consists of a strip of iron or steel with a foot or tie-plate at one extremity provided with.

means for the reception of bolts or spikes,

with a hollow triangular brace integral with the said plate at the opposite extremity of said strip whose three sides are closed upon each other, and two of which conform to the configuration of the under side of the railtread, the web, and foot of the rail, the end of the plate terminating within the angle at said outer foot. '4. A combined railway brace and tie-plat adapted to support one side of a rail and to secure the latter to a tie, one end of which consists of a strip of iron or steel with a foot or ti'eplate at one extremity provided with means for the reception of bolts or spikes, with a hollow triangular brace integral with the said plate at the opposite extremity of said strip, whose three sides are closed upon each other, one of which springs from the foot of said tie-plate and extends at an angle to the rail-tread, the other two sides conform to the configuration of the under side of the rail-tread, the web, and foot of the rail, the

end of the plate terminating within the an gle at the rail-foot.

5. The combination of a railway-rail, with a combined brace and tie-plate adapted to support one side of the rail and to secure the latter to a tie, consisting of a foot or tie-plate provided with means for the reception of bolts or spikes, with a triangular brace integral with the said plate, one'of whose sides springs from the said foot and inclines to the under side of the rail-tread, the second side conforms to the. rail-web, and the third side continues in proximity to the upper side of the rail-foot and terminates under the first side.

6. The combination of a railway-track consisting of rails and cross-ties, one of said rails secured to one or more of the ties with a combined brace and tie-plate adapted to support one side of the rail, composed of a foot or tieplate provided with means for the reception of bolts or spikes, with a triangular brace integral with the said plate, one of whose sides springs from the said foot and inclines to the under side of the rail-tread, the second side conforms to the rail-web, and the third side continues in proximity to the upper side of the rail-foot and terminates under the first side.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, this 8th day of January, 1903.

WILLIAM F. BOSSERT.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK T. FOXENBERGER, WILLIAM GRAY. 

